School-Based Evaluation (Advances in Program Evaluation)

Divided into two parts, this volume first discusses the concept of school-based evaluation, followed by a presentation of case studies of school evaluation from across the world. In part one, school-based evaluation is examined from three perspectives: school-based evaluation as a dialogue between internal and external evaluation; school evaluation from a perspective of institutional self-evaluation in a democracy and issues of definition, methods and implementation. The second part of the book presents case studies from Norway, England, The Netherlands, Austria, Spain, United States, Canada, Israel, Scotland and Germany. All of the case studies are based on actual experience with school-based evaluation in various educational and social contexts. Authors recognise the wide range of local constraints and reflect upon multiple evaluation perspectives, describing their educational context, evaluation perspective and specific school-based experience. They highlight difficulties encountered in their work, discuss the implications and make recommendations for further development of the concept of school-based evaluation and its practice. "School-Based Evaluation: An International Perspective" does not suggest internal/self school evaluation as an alternative to external "objective" evaluation. However, an attempt is made to advocate the combination of both for the benefit of school accountability and school improvement. Dialogue Evaluation : Combining Internal And External Evaluation / David Nevo -- School Self-evaluation In A Democracy / Helen Simons -- School Self-evaluation : Origins, Definition, Approaches, Methods And Implementation / Jaap Scheerens -- School-based Evaluation In Norway : Why Is It So Difficult To Convince Teachers Of Its Usefulness? / Lars Monsen -- Evaluation As School Improvement : A Developmental Perspective From England / David Hopkins And Mel West -- School Self-evaluation In The Netherlands / Jaap Scheerens And Maria Hendriks -- Self-evaluation As Endeavour To Understand Quality : Experiences In Austrian School-basesd Evaluation / Michael Schratz -- Internal And External School Evaluation In The Spanish Educational Reform / Alejandro Tiana -- Evaluating Accelerated Schools In The United States / Pia Lindquist Wong -- School-based Evaluation And The Neo-liberal Agenda In Canada / Les Mclean -- Israel : Internal Self-evaluation As A Means For Generating Change / Etel Friedman And Pnina Golan-cook. Scotland : Schools Speaking For Themselves / John Macbeath -- School Evaluation In Germany : A Means To Improve School Quality / Claus G. Buhren. Edited By David Nevo. Includes Bibliographical References. SCHOOL-BASED EVALUATION: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE......Page 5 INTRODUCTION......Page 8 DIALOGUE EVALUATION: COMBINING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EVALUATION......Page 10 SCHOOL SELF-EVALUATION IN A DEMOCRACY......Page 24 SCHOOL SELF-EVALUATION: ORIGINS, DEFINITION, APPROACHES, METHODS AND IMPLEMENTATION......Page 42 SCHOOL-BASED EVALUATION IN NORWAY: WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO CONVINCE TEACHERS OF ITS USEFULNESS?......Page 77 EVALUATION AS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT: A DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE FROM ENGLAND......Page 93 SCHOOL SELF-EVALUATION IN THE NETHERLANDS......Page 117 SELF EVALUATION AS ENDEAVOUR TO UNDERSTAND QUALITY: EXPERIENCES IN AUSTRIAN SCHOOL-BASED EVALUATION......Page 148 INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SCHOOL EVALUATION IN THE SPANISH EDUCATIONAL REFORM......Page 170 EVALUATING ACCELERATED SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES......Page 189 SCHOOL-BASED EVALUATION AND THE NEO-LIBERAL AGENDA IN CANADA......Page 202 ISRAEL: INTERNAL SELF-EVALUATION AS A MEANS FOR GENERATING CHANGE......Page 220 SCOTLAND: SCHOOLS SPEAKING FOR THEMSELVES......Page 244 SCHOOL EVALUATION IN GERMANY: A MEANS TO IMPROVE SCHOOL QUALITY......Page 261 Internal evaluation and external evaluation have long been under discussion in the evaluation literature (Scriven, 1967, 1991; Stufflebeam et al., 1971; Love, 1991; Mathison, 1991; Sonnichsen, 2000). Scriven (1991) gave the following definitions for internal and external evaluation in the context of program evaluation: Annotation. Divided into two parts, this volume first discusses the concept of school-based evaluation, followed by a presentation of case studies of school evaluation from across the World